1/ Real NYTimes obit: Stalin Rose From Czarist Oppression to Transform Russia Into Mighty Socialist State
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2/ From NYTimes Stalin obituary:
President Harry Truman once said in an unguarded moment:
"I like old Joe. Joe is a decent fellow, but he is a prisoner of the Politburo."
😂
President Harry Truman once said in an unguarded moment:
"I like old Joe. Joe is a decent fellow, but he is a prisoner of the Politburo."
😂
3/ From the obit: Lenin, who valued Stalin highly as a party stalwart, characterized him as "crude" and "rough" and as a "cook who will prepare only peppery dishes."
But those who survived the purges hailed Stalin as a supreme genius.
Me: their faith was very strong.
But those who survived the purges hailed Stalin as a supreme genius.
Me: their faith was very strong.
